Hand bag



A. \WALITZKY 2,09,077

. HAND BAG Filed July 13," 1933 INVENTOR Y ATTORNEY Patented July 23,1935 UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE v r i l gjmgjjqq. I a t V HANDBAG yAbraham Walitzky,;l lewYork, N; Y., assignorof w one-half to Louis BayerApplication nails, 1933, Srial'NoI 686,163

U .6 Claims. (c1. 150+;o) V a present inventionrelates to hand bags,.andthereforeintendedland desiredthat the embodi- .more, particularly to thetype of handbag used ,ment shown herein'be deemedillustrative and V byladies, and to luggage articles in general. not restrictive, and thatthe patent shall cover Anobject of this invention is to provide a handwhatever features of patentable novelty exist in 5 flb lg ofqthe-classes mentioned, which-is of novel the-invention disclosed;reference being had to 5 ,and improved construction as relates toprovidthe appended plaims rather than to the specific ing compartmentstherein. 7 description herein to indicate the scope of the Anotlerobject of this invention is to provide invention. v v --a bagembodying-a novel and improved parti- In the accom anying drawing,forming part l .tion member which avoids bulkiness ofthe bag of thisapplication, similar characters of refer- .10

when filled with articles, and whichpermits-the ence indicatecorresponding parts in .all the formation of not only a spaciouscollapsible .ViEWS; i compartment, but also flat pockets. I Fig. l isa-perspectiveview of the member hav- A further object of this inventionis to proing partition portion intermediate pocket por- 5 vide ahand-bagof novel and improved con- .tions. I 'struction-wherein adjoiningcompartments are Fig.2 is a similar view of such member wherelined indifierentcolors by virtue of the use .of in. however, the pocketportions extend in op-- partition members of specialdesign. posite,directions; l 1 a n a Anotherobject is toprovide a novel and im- 7 Fig.3 isarperspective= view of a ladys hand bag 2 ,proved bag of, the typedescribed. most-of the embodying a pair; ofLsuch members whereby. is '20components whereof may be out together where- .iformed threecompartmentsand four'flat-pockby 7 a substantial saving is effected in the-cost,etsj the colonofthe, li-ning-of -the;end compartof manufacture, 1 rments being other -than;tha t of thej iddle one.

A further object of this invention is to provide Fig. lis'aperspectiveview of-a bag embodying an improvedjbag or article of luggage of themore than one pair ofsuch members; showing in 25 type described, whichis simple in construction, .particularthe manner of joining -onesuchmemeasy to manufacture, which affords comfort and ber to another toprovide a series of collapsible cleanliness in use, which includes theadvancompartments within the bag. tages mentioned and yet could bemarketed at Fig. 5 is a section taken at line5--5 in Fig. 3.

a very reasonable price. In the drawing, the numeral l0 designates gen-30 To attain these objects, in a preferred embodierally the member shownin Fig. 1, which has an ment of my presentinvention, I provide a handaccordion pleated central portion H,intermedibag with members comprisingan accordion ate the end portions l2 and I3 which are bent pleatedpartition element integral and between perpendicular to the portion I I,both in the same parallel extending pocket elements. These direction. Ina preferred construction, this 35 members are so stitched within the bageither member I0 is made of two sewn together difbetween the front andback or between a pair of ferently colored sheets I4 and I5. lengthwisepartitions therein, to provide two op- A pair of these members l0, aresewn within posite flat pockets along the length of the bag the bag bodyl6, so that each forms a compartio and a transverse collapsiblepartition between ment l'l therein, with the gusset !8, as the fourth 40bag compartments thus formed; the stitch lines side, of suchcompartment; the accordion pleated being depthwise with respect to thebag proper, portions II, becoming the transverse partitions along theedges of the extending elements and between the front and back of thebag It, and. along the bends of said member. the end portions l2 and I3forming flat pockets as For cleanliness, I provide a white lined 'comorsleeves IS, the stitching being done along the partment wherein facepowder and puff may be lines marked a. kept, while for rouge and lipstick articles, I pro- The interior of the bag 16, being lined white Ivide a colored lined compartment; Therefore, I and the gussets' 18,being lined red, the central make the members mentioned, of whitematerial compartment 20, will be lined completely white,

on one side and of colored material on the othand-the end compartmentsl1, will be lined com- 50 er, so that adjoining compartments formed, bepletely red, when the members III, are made up respectively lined. as inFig. 1; sheet M being white in color, while This. invention is capableof numerous forms that of sheet [5 is red.

and various applications without departing from Itis advantageous in themanufacture of bags the essential features herein disclosed. It isembodying my invention as shown in Fig. 3, that its dimensions be soproportioned that the element I B when spread fiat should measureexactly the front of the bag. Then the components I and 15, the frontand back of the bag l6, their respective linings and any longitudinalpartitions (not shown), could all be out together in one operation;effecting a material saving in production.

In luggage or larger size hand bags, where it is desirable to have manycompartments, I embody my invention in a construction illustrated inFig. 4, wherein additional members III are in--.;

cluded by joining one member ID to another, by stitching the ends ofparts l2 and I3 respectively of one within the remote pleats 2| of thepartition portion I I of the other, to form additional collapsible andextensible compartments 24, and fiat pockets 22.

In the construction in accordance with my present invention, of asymmetrical bag having but two adjacent collapsible compartments, I usea. member as shown in Fig. 2, wherein the pocket portion 23 extends in adirection opposite to that of the pocket portion l3, whereby when such amember is sewn within a bag IS, a flat pocket is formed on either sideof the partition portion l I; one pocket with the front of the bag andthe other with the back of the bag being thus formed in alternaterelation.

I claim:-

1. In an article of the type described, a bag body and a pair ofmembers, each of which comprises a pleated portionintermediate andsubstantially perpendicular to fiat end portions, secured within the bagbody to form'adjoining collapsible compartments therein; the endportions of one of said members lining opposite sides of the bag portionwithin one of the compartments and the end elements of the other of saidmembers being respectively secured within pleats of the pleated portionof the first member, whereby the end portion of the second memberformpockets with opposite sides of the bag body.

2. In an article of the type described, a bag body and a pair ofmembers,'each of which com prises a pleated portion intermediate andsubstana central pleated portion between body and a member tiallyperpendicular to flat end portions, secured within the bag body to formadjoining collapsible compartments therein and whereby each of the endportions of said members form pockets with the bag body; the endportions of one of said members being respectively secured within thepleats of the pleated portion of the other of said members.

3. In an article of the type described, a bag body and a member,comprising a pleated portion intermediate and substantiallyperpendicular to flat end portions, secured within the bag body; each ofend portions being secured at its ends only, whereby the pleated portionparti- 1 tions the bag body'to form compartments therein,

and each of the end portions form pockets with opposite components ofthe bag body.

-4. In an article of the type described, a bag body and a member,comprising an accordion pleated central portion and perpendicularlyextending end portions in substantially parallel planes, secured withinthe bag body; each of the end-portions being secured at its ends only,whereby the pleated portion partitions the bag body to form adjoiningcollapsible compartments therein, and each of the end portionslineopposite sides of the bag body to form pockets therewith.

5. 'Inan'article of the type described, a bag body having end gussets,and a member having integral end portions; each of the end portionsbeing secured at its ends only, one end to the bag body and the otherend stitched in a gusset seam line, 'the pleated portion. partitioningthe bag body to form adjoining collapsible compartments therein.

'6. In an article of the type described, a bag comprising substantiallyperpendicular portions secured within the bag body, each of saidportions being secured at its ends only, whereby the bag body ispartitioned to form compartments therein by one of the portions andwhereby a pocket is formed by the other of said portions with acomponent 01' the bag 7 body.

ABRAHAM WALITZKY.

